The Nationalist Valencian Party (in

Valencian Valencian () or Valencian language () is the official, historical and traditional name used in the Valencian Community (Spain), and unofficially in the Carche, El Carche comarca in Región de Murcia, Murcia (Spain), to refer to the Romance lan ...

: ''Partit Valencià Nacionalista'', PVN) was a political party created in 1990 as an offshoot of the

Valencian People's Union The Valencian People's Union (in Valencian: ''Unitat del Poble Valencià'', UPV) was a political alliance created in 1982 when the Left Grouping of the Valencian Country (AEPV) and the Nationalist Party of the Valencian Country (PNPV) merged to co ...

Ideology

The party defined itself as

progressive Progressive may refer to: Politics * Progressivism, a political philosophy in support of social reform ** Progressivism in the United States, the political philosophy in the American context * Progressive realism, an American foreign policy par ...

, inter-classist and centrist. The party was more moderate than the

, both in its national and social ideas. While the PVN came from the pro-Catalan tradition of

valencianism Valencianism ( ca-valencia, valencianisme, ) is a political ideology of nationalist or regionalist character whose objective is the defense of the Valencian Community (also known as País Valencià or Regne de Valéncia) and its culture by the mean ...

, it rejected the

Catalan Countries The Catalan Countries ( ca, països catalans, , ) refers to those territories where the Catalan language is spoken. They include the Spanish regions of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands, Valencian Community, Valencia, and parts of Aragon (''La F ...

as a political project.

References

* Català i Oltra, Ll. (2012). ''Fonaments de la identitat territorial amb especial atenció a la identitat nacional. El cas valencià: discursos polítics sobre la identitat valenciana entre els militants de base del Bloc, EUPV i PSPV-PSOE''. Universitat d'Alacant. * Sanchis i Llàcer, V. (2012). ''Valencians, encara. Cinquanta anys després de Joan Fuster''. Proa. . * Flor i Moreno, V. (2000). ''Breu analysis dels valencians politics actuals''. València: Joventut Valencianista. pp. 27–28. * Hervàs, X. (2008). ''D'UPV al BLOC: el llarg camí del nacionalisme valencià''. Lluc: revista de cultura i d'idees. pp. 3–6. Political parties in the Valencian Community Valencian nationalism {{Spain-party-stub